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New York Times, Saturday, May 21, 2011

Author:
Barry C. Silk
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
21-Down : Player of Elaine on "Taxi"
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
929/1/20037/8/20166
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358532741
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121.6540277%
Barry C. Silk

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 33 Missing: {JZ} This is puzzle # 56 for Mr. Silk. Saturday freshness: 49%
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© 2011, The New York Times5/21/11 ( No. 22,474 )
Across
1
It may flow on a ranch : MANE
5
Bank statement abbr. : DEP
8
Colorless : ALBINO
14
Online multiplayer gaming service : XBOXLIVE
16
Start to smell, in a way : MILDEW
17
French chef's specialty : COQAUVIN
18
Awkward way to be caught : INALIE
19
Sharing of thoughts on a TV show? : VULCANMINDMELD
21
Adjoin : MEET
22
He said Beat literature "isn't writing at all - it's typing" : CAPOTE
23
Sounds of feigned sympathy : AWS
24
"I ___ point ..." : SEENO
26
Vancouver is on it: Abbr. : PST
29
They may be eaten near the front : RATIONS
31
The "th" in "the," e.g. : DIGRAPH
35
"Yea, verily" : ITISSO
36
One of a couple at a baby shower : BOOTIE
37
One of three Belgian kings : LEOPOLD
39
It's not long in going down a mountain : MINISKI
40
Something to dispense with : URN
41
Get by : EVADE
43
Happy cry : YES
44
Town house alternative : DUPLEX
47
Half of sechzehn : ACHT
48
Bird feeder protector : SQUIRRELBAFFLE
53
Powers on one's screen? : AUSTIN
54
Melodious pets : CANARIES
56
Like many houseplants, daily : MISTED
57
Kind of file : READONLY
58
Beach activity : STROLL
59
Tiny morsel : ORT
60
Practice period: Abbr. : SESS
Down
1
Late 11th-century year : MXC
2
Solvent : ABOVEWATER
3
Absolutely : NOQUESTION
4
Opposite of humble : EXALT
5
She may try an agent : DIVA
6
Shows : EVINCES
7
Author : PENMAN
8
Essential acid : AMINO
9
Luxury Swiss chocolatier : LINDT
10
It's often shifted : BLAME
11
Kill time : IDLE
12
Two-time Hugo Award winner Gaiman : NEIL
13
Was behind : OWED
15
19-season N.H.L.'er Robitaille : LUC
20
Touch, e.g. : IPOD
21
Player of Elaine on "Taxi" : MARILU
24
C-worthy : SOSO
25
Form of pyruvic acid : ENOL
26
"Sentimentally Yours" singer : PATSYCLINE
27
Femme fatale wear : SPIKEHEELS
28
Believer : THEIST
30
DSL purveyor : ISP
32
Sourcing abbr. : IBID
33
Ruined : GONE
34
Part of une dynastie : ROI
38
Get out of a sentence? : DELE
39
Heavyweight champ before James J. Braddock : MAXBAER
42
Option for sneakers : VELCRO
44
"Put me down, too" : DITTO
45
Angel of the south wind : URIEL
46
Shifting letters : PRNDL
47
Big tops? : AFROS
48
Costco competitor, casually : SAMS
49
Pull out : QUIT
50
Erstwhile empire, in brief : USSR
51
Operator's concern: Abbr. : ANAT
52
It comes and goes : FAD
55
Procedure: Abbr. : SYS

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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